this medicare debate has backfired. the polling from the washington post this week, looking at the battleground states of ohio, florida and virginia, up on the trust to handle medicare that is the wrong graphic right there, up 19 points on medicare. 13 points in virginia. governor dean the medicare campaign seems to be working. >> it is. i talked to a republican from florida the other day who's in a position to know this stuff, he says that they're getting crushed on medicare in florida. that's because paul ryan gave us the opening. because he actually is on record essentially saying we're going to voucherize medicare. whether it's for 55 years old or 65 years old gets lost in the argument. it transformed the race in florida. it's unbelievable. >> the fact of the matter is, if you can pick paul ryan and you're going to make medicare an issue, you got to stick with it. the more information that the american people have about medicare, the more they understand they understand the republicans are right. president himself s